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PlayStation Holiday Gift Guide 2010

[originally posted at Total PlayStation]

Have a gamer in your life? Fretting over what to buy your finicky friend or family member? This gamer gift guide has some suggestions that should give you a head start on your holiday shopping, because who needs extra stress during this season?

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Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 review

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1[originally posted at Total PlayStation]

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 attempts to return to the classic roots that made the original series so successful. Over the years, Sonic has picked up many new friends, gimmicks and gameplay additions, which Sonic 4 eschews in the name of fanservice. However, for every step in the right direction that Sonic 4 takes, it takes another three steps backward, losing the essence that made the Genesis games fun and in the end, feeling more alien and foreign than nostalgic and familiar.

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Games

Phantasy Star Portable 2 review: Grind. Loot. Rinse. Repeat.

Phantasy Star Portable 2[originally posted at Total PlayStation]

Phantasy Star Online was one of the first games I played online. My buddy and I dialed our Dreamcasts onto the Internet using his family’s two phone lines to play together in the same house, and I was instantly hooked. Several spinoffs, sequels and systems later, Phantasy Star Portable 2 brings a very familiar experience to Sony’s PlayStation Portable, along with some updates that hope to freshen up the franchise.

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Bunny

bunny

This guy was hanging around outside the house.

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Disable store links in iTunes 8 Windows version

I wrote this because I couldn’t find clear instructions for disabling the annoying store links in the Windows version of iTunes 8.

  1. Close iTunes.
  2. Browse to the iTunes application data folder.
    • In XP: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes
    • In Vista: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes
  3. Back up and edit iTunesPrefs.xml with your XML editor of choice.
    1. Search for the following code:
      <key>User Preferences</key>
      <dict>
    2. After the <dict> tag in the previous step, paste the following:
      <key>show-store-arrow-links</key>
      <data>
      AA==
      </data>
  4. Save iTunesPrefs.xml.
  5. Open iTunes.